How To Install vtk6 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk6
on Debian 9.
What is vtk6
vtk6 is:
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.
This package provides binaries for VTK6
There are three methods to install vtk6
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vtk6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vtk6
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vtk6
Install vtk6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vtk6
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vtk6
Install vtk6 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vtk6
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vtk6
How To Uninstall vtk6 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the vtk6
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vtk6
Uninstall vtk6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vtk6
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vtk6
Remove vtk6 Configurations and Data
To remove vtk6
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vtk6
Remove vtk6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vtk6
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vtk6
Dependencies
vtk6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk6
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.